Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence
Date
2022-10-17
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Science Communication
Abstract
This study examines how members of the public frame artificial intelligence (AI) along with how news use predicts “frames in mind” for AI. The study also tests whether news use, science fiction viewing, and discussing technology influence attitudes toward AI independently and in conjunction with one another. The analyses use data from a nationally representative online panel survey. Respondents invoked social progress and Pandora’s box frames for AI, and technology news use predicted mentioning each frame. Use of technology news also predicted change in support for AI, while science fiction viewing and discussing technology were conditionally related to such change.
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This article was originally published in Science Communication 2022, Vol. 44(5) 559 –592. Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470221130307
Keywords
artificial intelligence, framing, interpersonal communication, news media, public opinion, science fiction
Citation
Brewer, Paul R., James Bingaman, Ashley Paintsil, David C. Wilson, and Wyatt Dawson. “Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence.” Science Communication 44, no. 5 (2022): 559–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470221130307.